A few examples of appraisal values for
AMERICAN LEGION

• MAGNUS COLCORD HEURLIN, OIL ON
  MAGNUS COLCORD HEURLIN, OIL ON CANVAS LANDSCAPEMagnus Colcord Heurlin (American/Swedish 1895-1986) , oil on canvas winter landscape titled Mush , was the cover for American Legion magazine, March 1934, signed lower right, 36" x 43", frame - 41 1/2" x 48 1/2". NO in-house shipping for this lot.
• WILLIAM LESTER STEVENS, OIL ON
  WILLIAM LESTER STEVENS, OIL ON CANVAS LANDSCAPEWilliam Lester Stevens (American 1888-1969) , oil on canvas winter landscape titled Way Down East , was the cover for American Legion magazine February 1937, 36" x 30", frame - 42" x 36". Provenance: A Chester County estate. NO in-house shipping for this lot. Condition: NOT signed. Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs.
• Victorian seal, pencils, single
  Victorian seal, pencils, single earring to include gold plated carved stone seal fob with hand clutching wheat and 'D', single 10K victorian drop earring, 10K textured gold coil back button, 14K gold single stud button, broken 10K pin portion, sterling Victorian twist lead pencil, (2) gold filled twist lead pencils, (1) on gold filled chain, gold costume chain, silver tone watch chain, American Legion enameled pin and assorted MOP buttons, 5.1 DWT weighable.
• GENTLEMAN'S MEDALS AND PERSONAL
  GENTLEMAN'S MEDALS AND PERSONAL ITEMS Gentleman's medals and personal items: American Legion School Award; Deputy Sheriff Los Angeles County badge
• WWI AVIATOR UNIFORM, GEORGE
  WWI AVIATOR UNIFORM, GEORGE SCALES W/ ARCHIVEWorld War I Aviator archive of 2nd Lieutenant George Winchester Scales (1892-1979) of the Signal Corp. George was the son of Confederate Naval officer, Dabney Minor Scales. Archive includes a WWI Pilot Aviator uniform made by Kahn Tailoring of Indianapolis, Indiana (The company was a main producer of military uniforms for World Wars I and II).Uniform includes the tunic with sewn "Dallas" wings, US eagle buttons and collar pins, trousers, a brown leather Sam Browne Belt and white fabric collar. Other items include an official Army document recording Lt. Scales appointment as 2nd Lieutenant to the aviation section of the signal corp, Lt. Scales Army discharge document, Air Service Flight Request, numerous photographs of Mr. Scales in his military uniform and of different periods of his civilian life. Archive also includes trench art vase designed from an artillery shell with Cross of Lorraine and Federal shield design. Civilian life archive includes a picture of the Ford dealership Scales operated in Sheriden, Wyoming, a contract agreement between George Scales and Ford Motor company, a 1911 Topography map of Sheridan, WY, and a Wyoming delegate pin from the 3rd Annual American Legion Convention. Condition: Uniform with moth damage to pocket and sleave & light stains to pocket, Sheridan, WY map with fold separations, tape.
• COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES AND
  COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES AND WORLD STAMP AND STAMP C...Estate Collection of United States and World Stamps and Stamp Covers, circa 1881-1997. Includes "The New World Wide Postage Stamp Album" Hardback book, edited by George A. Tlamsa, published by Minkus Publications, Inc., New York, New York, 1964. Album is divided by country and is partially filled with circulated and uncirculated stamps from around the world. Items include: A number of circulated WWII era stamps, Greek stamps, German stamps and 5 stamp covers, from an envelope addressed to "E.D. Hicks Belleview personal Tenn" with a Franklin 1 cent stamp, c. 1881-1887, to a black bordered envelope from "Grand Maitre de la Maison de sa Majeste la Reine Elisabeth" addressed to "Mrs Edward Hicks Jr President of the American Legion Auxiliary" with a Belgian King Albert portrait stamp, c. 1931. The letter, typed on the same black bordered stationery, reads "The Lord Chamberlain is commanded by the Queen to express to you Her Majesty's grateful thanks for your message of sympathy in her great sorrow. Palais de Bruxelles". Also included are several sheets of United States Postal Service commemorative mint stamps, c. 1984-1996, such as Hawaii Statehood 1959-1984, USA 20 cents from 1984, New York Stock Exchange 29 cents from 1991, United States Naval Academy 150th Anniversary 1845-1995, USA 32 cents from 1995, James K. Polk USA 32 cents from 1994, and 1944: Road to Victory USA 29 cents from 1993, with xerox of an article from September 20, 1993 titled "1946 Merchant Marine issue" from Linn's Stamp News. Sheets in "COLLECT U.S. COMMEMORATIVES" envelopes, several mint sheets of United States Virgin Islands Christmas Seals, c. 1987-1992, several small squares of mint U.S. stamps and 2 "The United States Postal Service Salutes The 52nd Running of the Iroquois Steeplechase May 8, 1993" cards with USA 29 cents stamps and Nashville, TN post marks. Provenance: the estate of Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: Overall good condition. Many are circulated.
• ED HICKS MASONIC GOLD CHARM 14K
  ED HICKS MASONIC GOLD CHARM 14K BRACELET14K charm bracelet belonging to Edward Dickson Hicks with 12 charms including one for Past President American Legion Auxiliary (14K), 2 Fraternal Brotherhood jet charms with seed pearl surrounds, 1 marked 14K, the other 10K; 33rd Division Assn; Key to City of Nashville charm; 14K 4H charm; 10K monogrammed cufflink, etc. Bracelet unmarked but tests 14K. 53.4 grams total weight. Provenance: the estate of Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: Some light oxidation to a few charms, overall good condition. Bracelet with surface grime and wear.
• CARDINI (RICHARD VALENTINE
  CARDINI (RICHARD VALENTINE PITCHFORD). AMERICAN LEGION ...Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). American Legion Convention Program. Chicago, Palmer House, 1939. On thick deckled paper, a program on which Cardini is billed.
• DAN WOODSON WWII NAVAL
  DAN WOODSON WWII NAVAL DECORATIONSLot of approximately 20 items including Naval decorations and membership cards awarded to Dan Rea Woodson. Included are: three cards, one certifying a period of active duty in the U.S. Navy (March 15, 1957- May 22, 1959), and two membership cards from the Fleet Reserve Club of Annapolis, M.D.; one American Legion pin; one Naval medal; one medal for service during WWII; one medal for "service during limited emergency"; four sterling silver Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia pins with accompanying box and descriptive paperwork; two sterling silver submarine dolphin service pins; and five Naval uniform bars, presented in a tin box from the American Optical Company which measures 6" in length by 3-1/2" in width by 3-1/4" in height. All measurements are approximate.
• GROUP OF FIVE ENAMELED MEDALS TO
  GROUP OF FIVE ENAMELED MEDALS TO INCLUDE 14K GOLD AMERI...Group of Five Enameled Medals to include 14K gold American Legion; blue and white enameled cross; "Loyal Legion, Regit Arma Tuentur", Deus et Libertas gold medal with red embellished enamel along with a 1812 Pro Patria et Jure CEntium eagle medal. Condition: All lots are sold "AS IS" The condition of lots can vary widely and are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. *No credit card payments will be accepted for silver, gold, or jewelry from buyers that have not purchased from our gallery in the past.
• FOUR HANNA BATRITE MINI ADVERTISING
  FOUR HANNA BATRITE MINI ADVERTISING BATS Hanna Manufacturing Company (American), 20th century. Four wooden mini advertising baseball bats comprising of one 1928 Daytona Beach Ball Club, one 1952 American Legion Marietta, one Hollywood Athletic Co., and one Ford-American
• COLLECTION OF MEDALLIONS, FOBS &
  COLLECTION OF MEDALLIONS, FOBS & PINBACKS (16) Pieces, incl: Commemoration of Albert, Prince of Wales, 1860 visit to Canada, in white metal, 1 3/4" diam.; (2) Copper presidential medals - Millard Fillmore and Calvin Coolidge, from a US Mint series issued c. 1974, 1 3/8" diam.; 1928 copper "George E. Smith for President" medal, 1 1/4" diam.; 1936 Texas Centennial "Heads You Win" lucky coin, with images of FDR and an elephant (tails you lose), 1 1/4" diam.; Brass 1938 American Legion El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles fob medal, 2" x 1 1/4"; Early 20th c. bronze fob medal "The Great Seal of the State of Maine", 1 3/4" x 1 3/8"; Count Casimir Pulaski 1929, Erie - Powiat New York fob medal, 1 3/8" x 1 5/8"; Brass advertising medal, Rumely Doall Tractor, Advance Rumely Thresher Co., La Porte, IN, 1 3/4" x 1 1/2"; Silver on copper fob medal, with repousse bison head over image of a teepee, likely a souvenir of the Dakotas, 1 3/4" x 1 5/8"; Brass arrowhead shaped fob medal, a souvenir of Lookout, Colorado, depicting an image of Buffalo Bill Cody and his grave, 1 7/8" x 1 1/8"; Silver on copper fob medal from the Sept. 16-19, 1902 Railway Mail Conventions, Buffalo, NY, by the C.G. Braxmar Co., New York, 2" x 1 1/2"; Pre-WWII shield shaped brass pinback with enameled message "Refuse to Buy Japanese Goods", 1" x 1/2"; Early 20th c. badge from the National Association of Railway Clerks, with image of a train, 1/2" x 1 3/4"; 1939 German merit cross medal badge, with loop, 2 1/4" x 1 7/8"; and 1980 Anheuser Busch "A and Eagle" Adolphus Busch watch fob, with goldtone A and pewter eagle, with AB monogram shield marked "1980", 1 3/4" x 1".
• EIGHT AWARDS AND MEMENTOS BELONGING
  EIGHT AWARDS AND MEMENTOS BELONGING TO THE POWELL FAMILYEIGHT AWARDS AND MEMENTOS BELONGING TO THE POWELL FAMILY, including a glass 'tombstone' announcing the IPO of Bloomenergy, July 24, 2018; a bread dough diorama from the Visual Arts for Youth, framed; a Caroline County Virginia and a Resolution of Appreciation for Mrs. Alma Powell, affixed to a plaque; The Public Spirit Award from the American Legion Auxiliary to Alma Powell, now mounted as a framed plaque; a photograph of General Powell with students from Lift for Life Gym, December 2006, now framed; a photograph of General Powell from The George Washington University, MBA program of which General Powell was a graduate in 1971, now framed; and a photograph of General Powell on the cover of AARP magazine, now framed; and a Thank You photograph from the Langley Main Exchange, now framed (8) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• PARIS AMERICAN LEGION MEDAL 1927
  PARIS AMERICAN LEGION MEDAL 1927 Pierre Victor Dautel designed this medal in 1927 and it was struck at the Paris mint. It commemorated the visit of The American Legion to Paris. It depicted a farmer and a soldier holding hands with the words "Pour Toujours" (Forever).
• GASTON LAVRILLIER MEDAL 1927
  GASTON LAVRILLIER MEDAL 1927 LAFAYETTE/WASHINGTON A 1928 Gaston Lavrillier medal featuring the Hi Relief busts of Lafayette and Washington, made in Paris in 1927 as a commemorative to French American relations. The reverse inscriptions translates to "The Lafayette Galleries of Paris and the American Legion September 1927."
• COLLECTION OF AMERICAN LEGION AND
  COLLECTION OF AMERICAN LEGION AND OTHER MEDALSCollection of American Legion and Other Medals,
• AMERICAN LEGION SCHOOL
  AMERICAN LEGION SCHOOL AWARDAmerican Legion School Award,
• Lot of advertising items & more,
  Lot of advertising items & more, including John A Roebling's Sons Co Trenton NJ, Popular Electricity Magazine, The Embalmer's Supply Co Westport Conn, Nestle, Eastman Kodak Company, Holmes Booth & Haydens New York McGill's Fasteners, Joys' Confectioner and Tobacconist Torquay, Kurtz Groves & Mayers Reading PA, TOC London School, American Legion School Award , NED An Industrial Innovator by William B Abbott book with dog collar owned by Ned Abbott
• CIRCUS POSTER, CLYDE BEATTY-COLE
  CIRCUS POSTER, CLYDE BEATTY-COLE BROS, MID-20THc. Fall River. A Benefit for the American Legion Post, nice colors, large clown head in center. Sight size 34" x 19", overall with frame 44 1/2" x 23 1/2". In two pieces as it appears that the bottom was changed according to dates.
• BRONZE MEDALLION COLLECTION (5)
  BRONZE MEDALLION COLLECTION (5) Piece Lot, incl: 1875 W.H. Furness Medal, designed by William & Charles Barber, awarded for lifetime work as a theologian and abolitionist, 2 1/2" diam.; 1966 Harrison Tweed medal, designed by Eleanor Platt for Medallic Art, 3 1/2" diam.; George Wharton Pepper medal, honoring the distinguished lawyer and US Senator from Pennsylvania, by Medallic Art, dated 1957, 3 1/2" diam.; 1933 Nellie T. Ross medal, director of the US Mint, designed by John R. Sinnock, 3" diam.; and 1927 French Washington Lafayette American Legion medal, 2" diam. Minor wear.
• Vintage Jewelry Lot. 3 Dancing
  Vintage Jewelry Lot. 3 Dancing Award Medals. Colored Rhinestone Cat Pin. Gold Fill Bracelets. American Legion School Award. and MORE........ --- Condition: Expect some wear
• VINTAGE ORGANIZATIONAL PINS &
  VINTAGE ORGANIZATIONAL PINS & BUTTONSLot of vintage organizational, military , travel and political items including pins, patches, medals, coins, pendants and buttons. World's Fair, Girl Scouts, City of Newark, AFL-CIO, American Legion; political buttons including Nixon and Eisenhower; Waterbury military uniform "Eagle" buttons; sterling travel pins. Sterling 55.2 grams including backs, enamel and other decoration. AFL-CIO pin 2"W. All with some wear, some pins bent or missing backs.
• JOHN J. PERSHING AUTOGRAPHAutograph
  JOHN J. PERSHING AUTOGRAPHAutograph of General "Black Jack" John J. Pershing. Well known for his role in WWI Pershing also led the 10th Calvary, composed of African-American soldiers, in the Spanish American War. The autograph is found on the back of a 40&8 tag bearing the text "Guest of Voiture 174 40-8 District of Columbia" The Forty and Eight are an organization dedicated to protecting our American Military Personnel and their families, as well as providing support to numerous charities. Heavily associated with the Legionnaires and the American Legion, who awarded Pershing the Distinguished Service Medal, this tag is a reminder of our Armed Forces and the security they provide our country. Pershing is highly decorated and shared his six-star ranking as Gene ral with George Washington. Tag dimensions approx. 1-3/4" L x 3-1/2 H. One of several historic American paper items in today's auction. From a large and important collection of autographs and documents, many pieces of which will be offered in the M arch American Sale. Some soiling, writing on printed side of tag. See images for more details on condition. This item can be shipped in-house.
• SPORTS MEMORIABILLA: TEN BASEBALL
  SPORTS MEMORIABILLA: TEN BASEBALL GAME TICKET STUBS, INCLUDING: SIX 1939 WORLD SERIES TICKET STUBS, TWO FROM GAME 2 AND FOUR FROM GAME 6; TWO STUBS FROM YALE VS. HARVARD GAMES, 1941 AT HARVARD STADIUM AND 1942 AT SOLD...SPORTS MEMORIABILLA: Ten baseball game ticket stubs, including: six 1939 World Series ticket stubs, two from Game 2 and four from Game 6; two stubs from Yale vs. Harvard games, 1941 at Harvard Stadium and 1942 at Soldiers Field; a 1940 Army vs. Harvard stub at Harvard Stadium; a 1940 American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps Finals with Hood advertisement verso.
• FOUR ROCHESTER NY BUILT
  FOUR ROCHESTER NY BUILT CUNNINGHAM MID 1920’S ERA ORIGINAL PHOTOS - AMERICAN LEGION IN FRAME, 15.5 X 12.5, THREE CARD PHOTOS 14 X 11.5 EACH, VG CONDITION.Four Rochester NY built Cunningham mid 1920's era original photos - American Legion in frame, 15.5 x 12.5, three card photos 14 x 11.5 each, VG condition.
• ROYAL STAFFORDSHIRE, AMERICAN
  ROYAL STAFFORDSHIRE, AMERICAN LEGION IRONSTONEChina set by J & G Meakin, England. Late 20th c. To include: 7 dinner plates (10 1/2" dia.), 8 salad plates (7" dia.), 7 soup bowls (6 1/2" dia.), sugar bowl with cover and creamer (abt. 5" high), 6 sauce dishes (6 1/2" dia.), 2 open vegetable bowls (8 1/2" dia.), 8 cups, 8 saucers. Overall good condition, a few chips.
• Charles Hook Armco Steel Company
  Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lot of Manuscripts & Documents Lot includes letters photographs pamphlets mostly from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Born in 1880 the youngest of four children of Henry and Katherine (Klussman) Hook Charles Ruffin Hook grew up in Northwest Cincinnati on Colerain Avenue just across the Miami and Erie Canal from the foot of Clifton hill. The early years were happy and mostly carefree but Charlie??Ts mother died in 1892 when he was just 12. The Panic of 1893 followed and in a little over a year the family went from a middle-class lifestyle to poverty. The company in which Hook Senior was employed was wiped out he ended up selling the family home the family broke up and Charlie and his brother Gay moved to Walnut Hills living with a kindly engineer Robert Engle. This also required Charlie to change from District No. 18 school to Walnut Hills High the first suburban school. There was no question that Charlie would have to work after high school college was out of the financial equation. He began to look to the long-term examining options such as coal lumber and other basic commodities; chemistry was his best subject in school; but he ended up deciding that steel was the most promising area ??" Carnegie had been poor and had no technical training so it should be possible to Charlie Hook to get into the business. With a letter of introduction arranged by his brother he appeared at the offices of Cincinnati Rolling Mill in Riverside west of the city (the site visited in the photo in this lot). When told the only opening was that of office boy Charlie jumped on the opportunity. He moved up quickly in the office but that put him at odds with boys his age who worked in the plant. One day when the plant was closed because of the annual spring floods a group of ?plant boys? tried to give Charlie a ?dunking? as he entered the flatboat that was used to ferry the office staff to their building which was on stilts and out of the water. Sensing what was coming Charlie turned the tables and toppled his tormentor into the water. The boatswain was John ?Roxy? Draut the night watchman and one of the other gentlemen with whom Hook would tour the site half a century later (photos in this lot). Roxy protected the young office boy for the duration of the flood walking him to and from the streetcar stop. He would become a veteran of the Middletown ARMCO plant. Charlie made himself indispensable at the Riverside plant finding solutions to many problems in management and production. But the plant failed to be profitable enough for the owners and was closed in late 1899. Many of the employees were absorbed into other Tin Plate Trust plants including Charlie. His supervisors made sure he had a position elsewhere; they sensed that the young man would contribute to the company. Charlie was reassigned to Chicago leaving everything familiar in the ?Queen City? behind. After barely 2 months in the Windy City the Trust decided to move Charlie??Ts entire department to New York City. Outfitting two trains one for desks and files the other for personnel the department was ceremonially moved to the Big Apple. It was winter and the boy from the Midwest was becoming homesick amid tall buildings with barely a blade of grass to be found. He had been in touch with others from the Riverside plant in particular William P. Lewis who had been transferred to the Gas City plant in Indiana. He begged Lewis for a job hoping to get back to an environment in which grass and trees lived. Lewis had an opening in the sheet bar yard but Hook needed approval for the transfer. Charlie decided that if he really wanted to learn the business he needed training in production. He made his case up the chain of command in New York with most treating him as if he were ready to be committed but Warner Arms vice-president in charge of operations decided to give him a chance and allowed the transfer to Indiana. Hook had remained in touch with his first boss at Riverside who had made sure he was reassigned to a Trust plant but had lost touch with the president of the plant. However these two men had remained in touch with each other and when they teamed up with George M. Verity to start up the American Rolling Mill Co. in Middletown Ohio one of the first people both men thought of to recruit for the new enterprise was Charlie. It was a fateful interview. Verity and Hook liked each other at once and had very similar philosophies about the business. Verity believed in people and tried to run his business by the ?Golden Rule ? a striking (even shocking) departure from the typical steel mill of the day. On top of that Verity decided to build a combined mill which used pig iron to produce ingots and slabs which were made into shapes and bars which were made into sheets and then galvanized or fabricated - what had been the domain of 5 different mills now would be done more efficiently (so Verity thought) in one mill. The rest of the industry was sure it would fail. But Verity surrounded himself with capable men like Hook who continued to take every opportunity to learn as much about the steel industry as he could ??" what worked and what didn??Tt in plants around the country. And eventually Hook and John Tytus developed a continuous mill and revolutionized the steel industry. To compete with the giants such as U.S. Steel Armco focused on specialty steels which required continual research. It became the first steel company to include a research department. It was the production of corrugated culvert pipe that generated interest overseas in railroad construction and ultimately led to Armco becoming an international company. ARMCO grew and prospered and Hook with it. By 1910 he became general superintendent. In 1913 he made his final ?life-path? move ??" he married Verity??Ts daughter Leah. More than a decade his junior Leah was still a schoolgirl when Hook came to Middletown and looked upon him as ?Uncle Charlie.? But as she matured she and ?Uncle Charlie? found they had many interests in common. Charlie continued to make connections even on the couple??Ts honeymoon in Europe most notably to George Lorimer editor of the Saturday Evening Post. The couple had two sons and a daughter. The images in the photo book appear to be primarily the first-born Charles Jr. although a few show both boys just a couple years apart in age. Armco??Ts labor policies also served the company well. By letting the employees know that they were part of the company and providing them with the best equipment and working conditions technology allowed the company prospered. In a 1937 article on Armco Forbes pointed out that in the second quarter of that year alone the good relations with labor and the fact that they did not strike probably saved the company 5 million (compared to a similar-sized company that had picketing and rioting in its plant). Any problems any new changes were always discussed with employees. Any employee could make an appointment with Verity or Hook or other management official and express his viewpoint air problems etc. without patronizing or judgment. Armco also saw itself as a good neighbor in Middletown and later wherever there were Armco plants. Verity and Hook tried to make life better for all city residents ??" everything from supporting scouting to expanding the American Legion for veterans during the Second World War to creating organizations for naturalizing citizens. Even those who did not interact often with the top management knew of them and their works. After George Verity died in 1942 employees of the plant a year later suggested a day of service to remember his neighborly actions and Founder??Ts Day was born. The first Founder??Ts Day saw 30 beds being donated to the Children??Ts Fresh Air Camp and a family that had been burned out of their home had a cash gift to begin rebuilding. A later Founder??Ts Day in Australia had a lift designed and built by Armco engineers for getting spastic children in and out of beds and baths. A couple of Founder??Ts Day programs are included in this lot along with Verity??Ts memorial and program from the dedication of his statue. Several brochures relating to the history of Middletown are certainly also related to the sense of community in the Armco ranks. As Hook??Ts methods of labor relations proved viable and the depression struck Charlie was looked at more and more for national offices. The National Association of Manufacturers tried to get him into their top position in 1934 but Verity could not spare him in the depths of the depression. Four years later he did serve as President of NAM. He became an industry spokesman in Washington and served on a number of committees there. He was also increasingly in demand as a speaker and one of his typescripts for a luncheon speech is in this lot. We need more Charlie Hooks today. Over decades he ?preached? that in the American incentive system the individual is of primary importance. ?If industry is to have its story accepted by the public it must expose abuses in the ranks and condemn improper business practices as quickly as it opposes legislation which it considers obstructive to business progress. It must show unimpeachable good faith. The place to begin is at the grassroots. The way to win confidence in and respect for all industry is for each company to be a good honorable desirable citizen at home.? We seem to have forgotten these old principles in a new century. Hook and others were convinced that they would need to convert to war production sooner than later. He met with some of his Washington friends and realized that the plans were nearly a decade and a half old and most companies had grown and changed considerably. Hook was front and center in redrafting the plans to convert industry to defense a plan decisive in the production records set by industry a mere three years later. Armco??Ts war-time production is outlined in one of the brochures in this lot. As President of NAM he worked toward collaboration of government and industry. He went to England to study labor relations then went to Sweden for the same purpose. As he was leaving the office he set out a 5-point policy for industrial and national welfare that included collaboration of government and industry to raise the standard of living elimination of government competition with the private sector rebuilding tax structures national labor policy based on common sense and fairness (to both labor and management) and a ?square deal? (not a new deal) for business for them to create nine million new jobs. (Anything sound familiar here?) Within a few months however unemployment was zero. On December 14 1941 Charlie Hook had other appointments notably to the War Labor Board made up of 12 members of industry and 12 of labor. Business leaders included presidents/chairmen of SKF Bell Aircraft U.S. Rubber Ingersoll Milling Machine Studebaker American Type Founders American Hawaiian Steamship Champion Paper GE ??" critical industries in a wartime economy. Shortly after he was sent to England to see if steel production could be increased and decide which country could best make what war material. After many days of work Hook was ready to report back to President Roosevelt. As he was boarding the plane at Herndon he was introduced to an American General who was escorting his British counterpart to the same transport. That General turned out to be Dwight Eisenhower. Hook would cross paths with Eisenhower again in Britain during the war. So respected were Hook??Ts processes and opinions that immediately after the war as the U.S. military was going into peacetime mode (they thought) President Truman called on Hook to study and recommend changes in pay of armed services. After the war Hook was involved in many ventures including Junior Achievement. He also promoted some college programs always with the goal of ?selling the basic concepts of the American way of life? - to youth to the public to foreigners to anyone who would listen. One person who got wind of Hook??Ts program was Dwight Eisenhower then president of Columbia University. Hook was invited to Columbia where he spent half a day laying out his program for the president and forming a lifelong friendship. Many years of government service is reflected in the letters from Ike and Nixon although earlier communications (such as FDR and Truman) are not among this particular group of papers. In 1950 Armco celebrated its half-century anniversary. The company put on a party at all of its plants. In Middletown alone the assembled well-wishers consumed 382 000 hot dogs and similar amounts of other comestibles. Just a year before Middletown celebrated Charles R. Hook Day with a testimonial dinner in Middletown??Ts Hotel Manchester attended by Generals an Admiral and a thousand others. A copy of the souvenir of this event is included here. Charlie was given two bound volumes with the originals of these letters telegrams and other well-wishes of his friends and associates. Charlie continued to talk to anyone who would listen over the next decade and had his chance at numerous award ceremonies. Although he never went to college he did take a few correspondence courses in engineering but learned most of the industry by rolling up his sleeves in the mills and talking to those who knew. He was awarded the medal for the advancement of metallurgical research in 1947 the Henry Laurence Gantt Medal in 1950 and eleven honorary degrees by colleges and universities. Hook retired in December 1960 at the age of 80 but continued doing whatever he could to promote industry and the American ideal. He still went to his office every day as his physical condition allowed. He died in 1963 at 83 years of age. Lot includes: Numerous letters over a period of a couple decades to the White House and Department of Labor. Some have autopen or secretarial signatures but at least one Nixon letter may be authentic (or a new autopen pattern!) but 3 others have identical ?Dick? signatures and are likely autopen (they match one known autopen ?Dick Nixon?). A fourth letter signed ?Dick? with a slight difference may be authentic. There are many Eisenhower letters all initialed ?D.E.? There are 8 with slightly different initials some of which may be authentic. One without periods after the initials may be proxy/secretarial ??" we think he usually put periods after initials when he wrote them. All are on either light green White House letterhead or Ike??Ts personal DDE letterhead paper. Many more items in this folder are copies of what Hook sent to the various presidents including his copies of telegrams sent to Eisenhower. Folder labeled ?White House ??" President? with photographs (15) of Presidents Ronald and Nancy Reagan 4 living presidents (2) (Reagan Nixon Bush (41) and Ford) plus another with same four and their wives Bill and Hillary Clinton Republican leaders (Bob Dole Newt Gingrich Jack Kemp) some individual some in groups. Also a few ?certificates? or ?awards.? All seem to be rewards for donations and other support to the party. All signatures are in the photo. In addition there is a banner that is still in its packaging. One can see ?Republican President? in gold letters and one grommet but what the rest says is not certain (that label has been torn off the box ??" it probably had the address on it). Miscellaneous papers including an address given by Hook at a luncheon of the Union League Club Chicago 17 May 1940 entitled ?Wake Up America and Save the Private Enterprise System ? and a number of pages removed from a 3-ring binder most are photographs of maps and buildings in Middletown. File with ?American Rolling Mill Co. interesting facts? on front. Contains three more pamphlets on the story of ARMCO plus a typed speech given by Hook on Founder??Ts Day 1946 supplement to Middletown Journal in honor of ARMCO??Ts 75th Anniversary etc. 4 x 6 and 5 x 7 in. professional photos of Charles R. Hook in photographer??Ts folder. Photo album Obl. Folio string bound ?Photographs? in gilt on front black ?construction paper? pages; 2 x 3.25 in. and 2.25 x 4 in snapshots of family (lots of baby pictures) most likely Charles Hook??Ts (Sr.) family ??" approx. 45 images some have become detached from pages. Envelope with one 4 x 5 in. of a family of five (unidentified but possibly Charles Jr. based on the ages of the sitters and the clothing styles) plus 29 small loose images ranging from 1 x 1 in. to 3 x 5 in. ??" most snapshots taken with home camera. Four 8 x 10 in. black-&-white photos if Hook with Bernie Draut John Draut and Bill Draut at the William Henry Harrison tomb and site of Cincinnati Rolling Mill nearby. Photos taken 7 Aug. 1957 and labeled on verso. Charles R. Hook Testimonial Dinner / Manchester Hotel 6:30 P.M. / April 18 1939. Souvenir In paper covers with 3 brass brads poem by Wm. Dineen five 8 x 10 in. photos were glued to heavy paper but have now come loose plus copies of speeches telegrams letters etc. (i.e. the ?testimonials? given at the dinner). ARMCO Today 75th Anniversary Issue (1975) folio periodical Cover and 2pp article on Charles Hook and ARMCO Business Week 28 Jan. 1950 Forbes Magazine 15 Sept. 1948 with cover of ?Hook of ARMCo Steel Forbes: The Interpreter of Business 15 August 1944 with article on ?Charles R. Hook? U.S. News & World Report 8 June 1951 Hook on Cover indicating the inside article is an interview ?Less Steel for Civilians? Old Middletown folio printed cardstock wraps 1976. Illustrated with line drawings. ARMCO 75th Anniversary book Obl. Folio history of company illustrated with color photos. Armco Goes to War front cover with photo of Armco Air Raid Shelter president??Ts (George Verity) message dated 6 April 1942 with statistics about Armco??Ts war effort. Small folio 12pp. ?In Memoriam? for George Matthew Verity who died suddenly 6 Nov. 1942 (aged 77 yrs) Booklet for the Unveiling April 22 1948 the statue of founder George Verity Charles Ruffin Hook. Romance of Iron and Steel: Contribution of the Central Ohio Valley. New York: The Newcomen Society in North America 1950. 8vo printed paper wraps 32pp. Trifold flyer with History of Middletown Ohio U.S.A. 7.5 in. square folded Brochure from The Henry Laurence Gantt Memorial Gold Medal: Charles R. Hook Sr. Medalist. With speeches by the president of Gantt Medal Board and Charles Hook. Awarded ?for distinguished achievement in industrial management as a service to the community.? 8 June 1950 Plus 4 loose images of Middletown black-and-white. ARMCO in Pictures and Fact Middletown (OH): American Rolling Mill Co. 1921. 8vo soft leatherette cover gilt front and spine 247pp. Borth Christy. True Steel: The Story of George Matthew Verity and His Associates. Dayton United Color Press 1941 (Reprint 1973). 8vo red cloth with dj 319pp. Minor scuffing of dj very minor wear to spine ends. Text block excellent. Tebbel John. The Human Touch in Business: A Biography of Charles R. Hook. Dayton (OH): Otterbein Press 1963. 8vo red printed cloth with gilt front and spine dj 196pp. Top of dj with some damage otherwise book in near new condition. Hook Charles R. The Story of ARMCO. Middletown (OH): The American Rolling Mill Company 1928. 12mo in suede ?Arts & Crafts? style covers 41pp. Some fading of front cover with ?ring? from something heavy maybe wet. Historic South Main Middletown Ohio. Narrow 8vo in printed paper wraps issued by Middletown Department of Planning and Community Development 1977. Architectural and Historic Heritage Middletown Ohio. Narrow 8vo in printed paper wraps issued by Middletown Department of Planning and Community Development 1977. Founder??Ts Day Nuggets selected from talks and articles by George M. Verity the Founder of ARMCO. N.d. 19pp pamphlet with introduction by Charles Hook. Second Founder??Ts Day Nuggets selected from talks and articles by George M. Verity the Founder of ARMCO. N.d. but from a different year 16pp pamphlet with introduction by Charles Hook. The ARMCO First Line: A History and Its Purpose. 23 May 1958. 12mo pamphlet in blue flocked paper covers with gilt front string binding. Condition: Variable as expected. Generally the books and pamphlets are in excellent condition; photos are OK; letters with some humidity damage (light foxing).
• Books: Important collection of
  Books: Important collection of books by South Carolina writer/industrialist Elliott White Springs WAR BIRDS: DIARY OF AN UNKNOWN AVIATOR. New York: George H. Doran Company [c. 1926]. Special limited edition numbered 37/210 copies. Signed by Elliott White Springs Geoffrey J. Dwyer Leslie MacDill Bennett Oliver and the artist Clayton Knight. This edition also has two foldout photo pages of aviators not found in the regular edition; WAR BIRDS: DIARY OF AN UNKNOWN AVIATOR. New York: George H. Doran Company [c. 1926]. Special edition Aviators' Post-American Legion issued to John C. Treadwell; WAR BIRDS: DIARY OF AN UNKNOWN AVIATOR. New York: George H. Doran Company [c. 1926]. With dust jacket. Plus four later editions; NOCTURNE MILITAIRE. New York: George H. Doran Company [c. 1927]. Plus one later edition; LEAVE ME WITH A SMILE. New York: George H. Doran Company [c. 1927]. Limited edition numbered 102/150 copies bound in cloth made by The Fort Mill Manufacturing Company and signed by Springs; LEAVE ME WITH A SMILE. Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Company 1928. With dust jacket.Plus five later editions; ABOVE THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY: MORE ABOUT THE WAR BIRDS. Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Company 1928. Plus three later editions; IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING. New York: Sears Publishing Company [1929]. Plus two later printings one signed by Springs; CONTACT: A ROMANCE OF THE AIR. New York: Elliott Springs and Company [c. 1930]. Limited edition of 500 copies. Signed by Springs. CONTACT: A ROMANCE OF THE AIR. New York: Sears Publishing Company [c. 1930]. With dust jacket; THE RISE AND FALL OF CAROL BANKS. Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Company 1931. Plus another copy; WAR BIRDS AND LADY BIRDS. London: John Hamilton [1931]; PENT UP ON A PENTHOUSE. n.p.: Elliott Springs and Company [c. 1931]. number 132 of an unspecified limited edition dated 25 December 1931 and offered as a Christmas present in Christmas-themed wrappers. Signed by Springs; CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN. [Privately printed 1948]. With eight additional copies. (38pcs) Provenance: From the library of a South Carolina scholar. Back    Inquiry      Previous Item   Next Item © Charlton Hall Auctions.  Images descriptions and condition reports used on this site are original copyright material and are not to be reproduced without permission. For further information telephone 803.779.5678     © 2012 CHARLTON HALL GALLERIES INC.
• Group of jewelry circa 1860 to 1920
  Group of jewelry circa 1860 to 1920 comprising: antique sterling locket pietra dura brooch 14K yellow gold and taille d'epargne cigarette holder 14K yellow gold blue sapphire and seed pearl curved brooch 14K filigree white gold brooch with President of American Legion Auxiliary emblem 10K white gold pendant/brooch with Past Vice President American Legion Auxiliary emblem pair cuff links with 14K yellow gold engraved and enameled top 3 Faberge style gold-filled enameled and crystal set pendants Total 2.2 Troy oz all in (11pcs)
• Orville Wright signed
  Orville Wright signed certificate, American Legion "Distinguished Service" award given February 22, 1931, to Angelo Manzo, California Post No. 395, boldly signed "Orville Wright" beneath a metal replica of The Spirit of St. Louis, "stamped from metal containing original oil lines" of that plane, also signed "R. E. Byrd" (polar explorer Richard E. Byrd), "Eddie Rickenbacker", and by 17 other aviation pioneers and officials (some stamped), 7 x 8-3/8 in. (sight); original wood frame. Plane with minor corrosion, fading to most signatures, minor stains, soiling and creases; wear and minor paint residue to frame. Brunk Auctions, June 17, 2006, Lot 430; Collection of H. Donald Nelson, Williamsburg, Virginia.
• English Two-Handled Sterling Silver
  English Two-Handled Sterling Silver Trophy Cup, London, 1863, by Charles Allen, in floral repousse and bearing a later 1948 engraved presentation inscription to Automotive Post 1179 of the American Legion, h. 7-1/2"